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SUBMITTER: Gaffney A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6410176 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gaffney Ann A Bohman Björn B Quarrell Stephen R SR Brown Philip H PH Allen Geoff R GR
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Pollination rates in hybrid carrot crops remain limited after introduction of honey bee hives. In this study, honey bee foraging behaviour was observed in commercial hybrid carrot seed crops. Significantly more visits were made to male-fertile (MF) rather than cytoplasmically male-sterile (CMS) flowers. Pollen was collected from bees returning to a hive, to determine daily variation in pollen loads collected and to what level the bees were foraging for carrot pollen. Honey bees visited a wide ra ...[more]